"A psychologist once told me that for a boy being in the middle of a conflict between two women is the worst possible situation. There's always a desire to please each one."

"Sometimes overturning brutal regimes takes time and costs lives. I wish it weren't so. I really, really do."

"In my family, we were Americans, we were Republicans and we were Methodists."

"There are 4 billion cell phones in use today. Many of them are in the hands of market vendors, rickshaw drivers, and others who've historically lacked access to education and opportunity. Information networks have become a great leveler, and we should use them together to help lift people out of poverty and give them a freedom from want."

"As an audience member, those studio films are fun. I like an adventure tale, and I also like to go see something that has more of a social pulse. I like to keep learning and trying new things. And if the scripts are good, it doesn't really matter."

"Marriage is a very sacred institution and should not be degraded by allowing every other type of relationship to be made equivalent to it."

"I realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone."

"So that ends my first experience of matrimony, which I always thought a highly over-rated performance."